Guyana, Oil and the Resource Curse

Guyana, Oil and the Resource Curse

Eight years ago, a consortium led by ExxonMobil discovered offshore oil in Guyana now believed to total at least 11 billion barrels. As a result, Guyana now has more oil reserves per capita than any other country in the world — almost three times as much as Saudi Arabia. This colossal find has led to difficult questions about whether the country can avoid the so-called resource curse – and the effects on climate change. On today’s podcast, an overview of Guyana's economy and how it is handlin...

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A New Criminal Landscape in Latin America

A New Criminal Landscape in Latin America

Security has become the defining issue in Latin American politics. In Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella won the presidency on a hardline security platform and a promise to scrap Petro's total peace p...

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Cuba: Four Possible Scenarios

Cuba: Four Possible Scenarios

Over the past few months, the Trump administration has steadily ramped up pressure on Cuba: indicting senior Cuban officials including former president Raúl Castro, and sanctioning the state oil compa...

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Trump Wades into Brazil’s Campaign (Again)

Trump Wades into Brazil’s Campaign (Again)

Nearly a year after slapping Brazil with a 50% tariff in what looked like a bid to help the Bolsonaro family, the U.S.-Brazil relationship has had several ups and downs: Trump dropped most of the tari...

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The Mexico-U.S. Relationship’s Most Delicate Phase

The Mexico-U.S. Relationship’s Most Delicate Phase

Ever since Donald Trump took office, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has tried to strike a careful balance: Working with Washington on security matters while maintaining sovereignty and domestic ...

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Colombia’s High-Stakes Election

Colombia’s High-Stakes Election

Colombia goes to the polls on May 31 amid some of the worst violence the country has seen in two decades. FARC dissidents have carried out dozens of attacks in recent weeks, prompting an appeal for pe...

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The Gray Tide: What a Rapidly Aging Latin America Means

The Gray Tide: What a Rapidly Aging Latin America Means

As recently as the 1960s, the average woman in Latin America had six children. Today that number is 1.8. In Chile, it has fallen to 1.1, lower than Japan. Combined with rising life expectancy, the res...

30 Huhti 32min

Peru Election: The End of Stability?

Peru Election: The End of Stability?

For years, Peru has defied gravity. The country has had eight presidents in ten years—a virtual power vacuum at the top of government—and yet the economy kept growing, the currency held strong, and th...

23 Huhti 32min

Javier Milei’s Ups and Downs

Javier Milei’s Ups and Downs

Until recently, things seemed to be going well for Argentina's President Javier Milei. In October, his party won the midterm elections in a contest many polls predicted would swing the other way. Sinc...

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